good morning. potential bin laden bombshell. a new report reveals a possible link between the al qaeda leader and pakistan's intelligence agency, raising fresh, new questions about how he was able to hide for so long. flood fears. evacuations continue in north dakota as minot prepares for its worst flooding ever. this as state officials say more water racing toward the already soaked city. we'll get the latest from the disaster zone. and back to boston. a judge orders mob boss whitey bolger to return to massachusetts to face new charges. more on his life of crime, his arrest and the 16-year search early this friday morning, june

24th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs happy friday, everyone. we made it. good morning. >> we did. >> i'm jeff glor. >> and i'm rebecca jarvis. good to be with you. >> good to see you. >> good to see you, too, jeff. we have a lot to talk about today. talks on raising the government's debt ceiling is at a new snag here. on thursday, republicans gave up on the negotiations led by the vice president, saying they can't accept a democratic demand to close tax loopholes. we're going to speak with bob schieffer about the deadlock, what is at stake here. obviously, these are very high stakes. and why congress has had so much trouble getting things done here. >> and lots to get to, but first off this morning, new evidence of possible ties between osama bin laden and pakistan's government. that evidence reportedly comes from a cell phone used by bin laden's favorite courier that u.s. troops found after killing

the al qaeda leader. cbs correspondent wyatt andrews is live with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. this report in this morning's "the new york times" says the phone numbers called by bin laden's courier prove he was in frequent cell phone contact with a well-known pakistan al qaeda front group called harakat mujahadin. that's important because for years, they were closely aligned with pakistani intelligence. now the question becomes, were bin laden's phone calls to the harakat group also his link to pakistani intelligence, and do they explain how bin laden operated for so many years, perhaps under protection, in the military city of abbottabad? the report has not been confirmed, but a pakistani official tells cbs news that there is no connection between them anymore. the group, comprised of islamic militants, has had a long alliance with the pakistani

government. it was formed in the 1980s as one of the mujahadin groups fighting the russians in afghanistan. in the current war on terror, the pakistani official tells cbs news harakat militants had turned on pakistan and was seen as an enemy. still, the study of the currier's cell phone, which was captured in the raid that killed bin laden is now central to the key point of tension between pakistan and the united states. how did bin laden hide in plain sight without the protection of someone in government? jeff? >> good questions that still haven't been answered. wyatt andrews from london, thank you very much. joining us from washington is cbs news national security analyst juan zurate. good morning. >> good morning, jeff. >> you've had a chance to look at this stuff. how significant is it? >> it's significant because it presents additional questions as to whether or not pakistan and, in particular, its intelligence services, was using this group, harakat, as a front to help bin laden and support him as he

stayed in abbottabad, but there is no smoking gun here, and it's not surprising that there are links between al qaeda and this pakistan-based group. those are links that are longstanding, and in fact, have grown over the past few years. so, it's an important story, but i don't think it's the last bit of the story tying bin laden to the pakistani intelligence services. >> so, potentially more information coming out from what was recovered at that compound. we can talk more, as wyatt talked about it, the relationship between the u.s. and pakistan, which has been strained, to say the very least. does this require another fence-mending visit from the secretary of state over in pakistan? >> reporter: well, this will clearly add to the deep mistrust between the countries, and this issue isn't going away. this is a festering issue, the bin laden raid, the killing in the heart of pakistan. it's not going to go away any time soon, and the more questions that are added to this, the deeper the tension will grow between the u.s. and pakistan. >> meantime, juan, before you leave, i want to ask you about

something that we thought was significant when we saw it, and that is that osama bin laden was looking to change al qaeda's name? why is that? >> reporter: well, if that report was true, it would be significant because al qaeda's brand had been tarnished over the last few years. it had been killing muslim civilians. its ventures in iraq and elsewhere were not seen as legitimate. it also describes the fact that al qaeda and bin laden were worried about al qaeda's image and its image has been hurting over the last few years. so, if that report is true, that would be a further indication al qaeda's image is hurt and that they were worried about it. >> juan zarate from washington, juan, always good to see you. thanks for your time. >> thanks, jeff. >> okay. now here's rebecca. jeff, thank you. officials say flooding in minot, north dakota, will be worse than they originally thought. it's already expected to be the worst in the city's history, and jamie yuccas of our minneapolis station wcco tv is in minot with the latest. good morning, jamie. >> reporter: good morning. water levels here stalled overnight, but that's not necessarily a good thing. let me go ahead and show you why.

you can see over my right shoulder the two rivers meeting right there. you can see the raging water of the river meeting that other body of water. that's where a dike broke and is now flooding neighborhoods. what began as a trickle is now a waterfall. >> it started approximately about 1:00, about like that. and over the period of the last 12 to 24 hours, it turned to that. >> reporter: a huge, 50-foot chunk of this dike was swept away by the rapidly rising river. the homes that hh been built to protect were soon flooded. officials announced accelerated water releases from an upstream dam. that could raise the river three feet higher than earlier protections, unwelcome news to residents already on edge. >> i don't know how much more a person can take, you know. i just don't know what to think anymore. >> reporter: around minot, work crews strengthened levees and raised dikes to protect critical

infrastructure like the sewer and water system. with peak water levels expected this weekend, officials are asking some residents to leave voluntarily. 10,000 people have already been evacuated. >> i guess it's not something that you can prepare for or anything, but it's definitely the unknown that's the scariest. you don't know what you're going to go back to. >> it's just a feeling of displacement. you just don't have any normalcy in your life, so. but you know, we're a lot better off than some because we're all well and we've got more stuff out. >> reporter: flooded roads caused several major traffic jams, causing officials to urge drivers to stay off the roads. >> please do not travel in the city unless absolutely necessary. this is a very serious situation and vital to our community's flood-fighting effort. >> reporter: this situation is going to get a lot worse. right now, you're taking a look at an orange house. you can see the water level halfway up the garage door. now, do you see those little windows up on the top of the

house? water levels could reach that stage when this river crests, and that is expected to happen now between saturday and sunday. that date keeps getting pushed up. originally it was tuesday. now that water level going to be cresting saturday or sunday. it could last five to seven days. >> jamie yuccas, thanks so much in minot, north dakota. we'll be following that story as it develops over the weekend. now here's jeff. >> rebecca, thanks very much. we are learning some fascinating, new details this morning about the arrest of notorious mob boss whitey bolger and how he lived during 16 years in hiding. cbs news justice correspondent bob orr is in washington with the latest on this. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. well, whitey bulger had been one of the most elusive fugitives hunted by the fbi, but now bulger's in a california jail, preparing to return to boston, where he's accused of running a ruthless irish mob. for 16 years, whitey bulger was the invisible man, a fugitive on the run.

but late yesterday, bulger surfaced in a los angeles courtroom. t the ruthless and almost mythical monster was finally taken down by the fbi after tips led agents to a santa monica apartment building. >> agents and other task force members lured mr. bulger out of his apartment. he was placed under arrest without incident. >> reporter: bulger, head of boston's irish mob, will now face trial, charged with 19 murders, extortion, drug dealing and money laundering. the break in the long and frustrating manhunt came this week, just one day after the fbi unveiled a new ad, asking people if they had seen bulger or his longtime girlfriend, catherine greig. within 24 hours of the ad airing on national television, the fbi received specific information that bolger and greig were living in the apartment building. >> if he is guilty of all the things everybody says he has done, then i am really glad he is off of my block right now.

>> reporter: the two were taken into custody, and the fbi says about 30 guns and $800,000 in cash were confiscated. back in bulger's old south boston neighborhood, locals were stunned. >> i never thought they'd get him. i thought he was going to be gone forever. >> reporter: meanwhile, family members of some of bulger's alleged murder victims were elated to see the gangland leader finally brought to justice. >> what little time he has left on this planet, i would hope that every day would be as painful as those eight hours he put my brother through. >> reporter: it seems that bulger spent most of the past 16 years living quietly in santa monica, paying cash each month for his $1,100 rent. sources say he did travel occasionally to the caribbean and he went to london at least once to get money. but in the end, he largely was just an aging mobster, trying to hide in plain sight in suburban l.a. jeff? >> bob orr in washington, thanks. joining us is colonel tom foley, retired head of the massachusetts state police. tom, you spent 21 years of your

life working on the whitey bulger case. we just saw bostonian in bob's piece there say they thought he was going to be gone forever. do you think whitey was going to be gone forever? >> no. we always try to be optimistic on it, jeff, that we were going to eventually be able to catch him making a mistake out there. unfortunately, it took 16 years for that to happen. we wish it happened a lot sooner than this, but this day has finally come, and now it will give us an opportunity to hold him accountable for what he's done over the years. >> tom, i know one of your great frustrations was the fbi. why was that? >> well, this case has been a struggle from the very beginning, jeff. you know, they were running rampant through boston in the '70s, '80s and the early '90s, and they were the most vicious and dangerous organized crime group operating even more dangerous in the boston area. it was time for them to be held accountable for what they were doing out there. there was numerous agencies in

the boston area, including state police and the dea, that made attempts to bring them to justice, and you know, they were fooled time and time again, until eventually, it became clear that they were operating as fbi informants. >> tom, were there specific instances when you saw the fbi look the other way when it came to potentially capturing whitey? >> yeah. there was numerous times throughout the years that they did look the other way, and actually, they assisted in giving him information that would help him avert detection. so, in particular, the indictments against bulger in 1995, where we were separating the individuals and setting up teams for their arrests. the fbi specifically was given bulger to take in to custody. we were assured that they would. and in fact, he was never seen again the night we made our arrest. >> yeah, you're talking about john connolly, who worked, obviously, with the fbi in

boston. whitey bulger was his informant, but in many cases, connelly protected him, and now you know, connolly is in prison. we talked about how he was able to spend so much time on the run. how would you describe whitey bulger as a criminal? >> he was a professional. this wasn't something that he just suddenly decided to do. it was a lifestyle for him. he prepared for the fugitive status that he went on for 16 years. he used to read "fortune" magazine. he had money deposited in safety deposit boxes all over the country. he had i.d.s that were ready to go in case he was ever taken, indicted. and actually, he put that plan into effect. he had his girlfriend with him. he had plenty of money with him, cash. so, he was able to go out there and live the life of a fugitive pretty effectively. >> at this stage now, do you and your colleagues, are you feeling, yesterday and today, a sense of closure? >> well, closure's a tough thing to put on it, jeff, because i

don't think the families of the victims can ever get closure out of this. maybe there's a little bit of relief there. certainly, i know the families are looking for revenge, and i can understand that feeling. you know, for us, you know, this was our job that we had to do. we feel like we did that job effectively, and now this is a good opportunity to at least make him accountable for some of the acts that he did over his lifetime of crime. >> colonel tom foley, thanks very much for your time. >> thank you very much, jeff. and now we turn to betty nguyen at the news desk with today's other headlines. good morning. good morning to you. two suspects are in custody for allegedly plotting to attack a military center in seattle. apparently, inspired by the massacre at ft. hood. abu khaleed abdul-latif and walli mujahidh are u.s. citizens

and ex-convicts. officials say they planned the attack on federal buildings with machine guns and grenades and were arrested wednesday night in a sting operation after a third person they recruited for the plot went to police. president obama's campaign coffers are millions richer this morning, thanks to a series of fund-raisers here in new york last night. mr. obama appeared with whoopi goldberg on broadway and spoke to a gay and lesbian group. he didn't specifically endorse same-sex marriage but said gay couples deserve the same legal rights as everyone. >> that's why i ordered federal agencies to extend the same benefits to gay couples that go to straight couples, wherever possible. that's why we're going to keep fighting until the law no longer -- [ inaudible ] i heard you guys. >> in all last night, the president raised about $4 million. first lady michelle obama moved on to botswana this morning. yesterday in south africa, she joined bishop desmond tutu for some push-ups with children at a cape town soccer club.

not too bad. let's get a check of the weather now. marysol castro is here with that. happy friday. >> happy friday. and happy friday to the first lady. she's got some serious guns. love her. good morning, everyone. serious weather ripped through the northeast yesterday in the form of heavy rainfall that resulted in flash flooding. this is nyack, new york. you can see the afternoon commute was just an absolute mess. then in pearl river, new york, some more flash flooding of the ramapo river and mowwow river overflowed. folks there are doing some cleanup, although the weather will not cooperate. i'm very sorry. take a look, from wilmington, delaware, up through springfield, massachusetts, we're looking at the same thing -- very windy and a lot of rain. we're looking at the slight possibility of some hail. and of course, we never rule out the possibility of a tornado. so, here's the rainfall amounts. in upstate new york, state college, pennsylvania, and itha ithaca, new york, the rainfall amounts could exceed four inches. and of course

thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now over to jeff and rebecca. good morning. >> good morning, marysol, and thank you. we appreciate it. still ahead this morning, we are going to head to capitol hill where budget-cutting talks, they have stalled. republicans are telling, almost coaxing the president, it is time to step in. and we'll tell you why a mexican prosecutor's family paid a stiff price when our government allowed drug cartels to buy all the guns they wanted. you're watching the "early show"

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the most recent on 295 at the beltway. the second accident at the city. one more on dupont at greenspring. watch for a city closure closed between carrollton and north gilmer. you'll have to tap your breaks near the policewomenway. -- beltway. everything is up to par. there's a live look at the westside of the beltway. this is brought to you by blue diamond almonds. two city schools are caught cheating on state saturdayized testing. now, the state is releasing the test results. there are new measures made to make sure it doesn't happen again. gigi, the skoal's ceo says that when the test result -- schools ceo says that when the

test results are released, they'll not be any cheating. investigators saw evidence that someone changed the wrong answers to the right ones. beginning next year, the state will fix the evidence of cheating. the city police officer who plunged 25 feet off of the jfx is doing better this morning. the 27-year-old officer teresa rigby's condition is critical to serious. she had two surgeries wednesday. >> they're annoying -- annoying and they're back. they're threatingen to destroy crops. damage is seen in peach orchards. the stink bugs arrived in cargo

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budget-cutting talks thursday, saying they had hit an impasse. we'll tell you what's holding things up, also what the implications might be for getting this deal done in the future. first, betty nguyen is at the news desk with a check of the headlines. good morning. >> good morning on this friday, and good morning to you. floodwaters are expected to crest in minot, north dakota, over the weekend. water from the river has already broken through the levees. officials expect record-high crests to swamp the city. 10,000 people have evacuated. also new evidence about a possible link between osama bin laden and the pakistani government. a cell phone recovered during the raid on bin laden's compound had contacts to a militant group that bin laden used for support. "the new york times" reports the group is a longtime asset of pakistan's intelligence agency. oil prices this morning are near $91 a barrel after a decision to tap into emergency supplies. the u.s. is releasing 30 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve into the market to make up for supply disruptions from libya.

oil company stocks worldwide slid lower after the announcement, but the extra oil could help bring down gas prices 15 cents or more within weeks. and legendary gangster whitey bulger is expected back in boston today to face murder and other charges. bulger was in court in california yesterday following his capture after 16 years as a fugitive. the fbi caught up with bulger and his girlfriend in a santa monica apartment filled with $800,000 in cash and 30 gu

as the battle over raising the nation's debt limit rages on, republicans tried a new strategy thursday, walking out of the negotiations, led by vice president joe biden. and cbs news congressional correspondent nancy cordes is on capitol hill with the latest. good morning, nancy. >> reporter: good morning, rebecca. yeah, this move came as a complete surprise to democrats. the two republicans in these talks said both sides have reached an impasse and they were taking a break. house majority leader eric cantor was the first to announce he was pulling out, followed quickly by arizona senator jon kyl. "the democrats continue to insist that any deal must include tax increases," cantor said in a statement, "there is not support in a house for a tax increase." >> people are playing with fire. >> reporter: congressman chris van hollen and the other democratic negotiators scrambled to regroup. >> i'm terribly disappointed. it appears they're giving up.

>> reporter: the two sides are trying to come up with a debt-cutting package worth roughly $2.5 trillion, which is what republicans want in exchange for raising the nation's debt limit in time for an august 2nd deadline. >> one thing that would take a fragile economy and break it would be for the united states to default on its obligations. >> reporter: negotiators had been saying for weeks that the talks, led by vice president biden, were going well and that they had managed to cobble together about $1 trillion in spending cuts, but democrats were also proposing slashing tax breaks for oil and gas companies, for companies that ship jobs overseas and for wealthy americans. that's where republicans balked. >> these conversations could continue if they take the tax hikes out of the conversation. >> reporter: so, now speaker boehner says he is waiting to hear from the president about what he wants to do next, and many believe that this move was designed to force the president

off the sidelines and into the middle of these talks so that he ends up sharing responsibility for what will inevitably be some very painful cuts. rebecca? >> cbs' nancy cordes on capitol hill, thank you. joining us now is cbs news washington correspondent and host of "face the nation," bob schieffer. great to have you with us this morning, bob. >> hey, rebecca. >> so, boehner's already come out and said very publicly that he's not letting this default happen, that in the event of a default, we would face international financial catastrophe. so, how much of this is posturing versus a real impasse that could really stall a decision or a plan going forward here? >> you know, what really bothers me, rebecca, is this may not be posturing. this may be just another example of the dysfunctional state that the congress now finds itself in. i mean, stop and think about it. congress has been in session since january, and it is yet to do anything. we have the country very divided

right now. that is being reflected in the congress. and basically, what's happened here, the democrats do not want to be on record as cutting deeply into social programs and entitlements. republicans, on the other hand, want nothing to do with anything that can be branded a tax hike. we're not talking about raising taxes in the conventional sense. you're talking about eliminating subsidies for some big businesses, things like subsidies to the oil companies, subsidies to ethanol producers. and the republicans are saying, if you eliminate those subsidies, that is, in effect, a tax increase. bottom line here is we are back to square one, and square one could be ground zero here, because if the country somehow has to default on its financial obligations, if we can't find a way to increase the debt ceiling here, which is what republicans say they won't vote for that unless they can get some kind of

a budget deal for deep cuts, it could set the world into a recession right now. we're in very dangerous territory right now, rebecca. >> yeah, and wall street has certainly acknowledged that as well, bob. what do you think is the next step in all of this? what are we watching for to get a sense and take the temperature of where this thing heads? >> well, i think the president is going to have to be more heavily involved. that's what the republicans are saying. so, perhaps there can be some kind of a meeting between the president and john boehner. the kind of ironic thing here is republicans were saying yesterday they want to get the president more heavily involved. democrats on capitol hill were saying they were afraid that they'd be cut out of the process if the president does get involved. so, even there you have disagreements among democrats, just as you have on the republican side, disagreements there. tom coburn -- and you were there last week, rebecca, when we were talking at this economic summit. you heard tom coburn, the very

conservative senator from oklahoma, saying look, the real problem here is that nobody in either party is willing to step up to the plate and do what needs to be done because they're worried that if they do, they won't get elected in the next election. and that's what this is all about. somehow, they've got to find the political courage to get this done. and right now, i don't see it. >> bob schieffer, thank you. and also, you can see bob's interview with congresswoman michele bachmann on "face the nation." that is coming up this sunday morning right here on cbs. thanks, bob. and coming up next, another murder tied to "operation fast and furious," where the government allowed guns to be sold to mexican drug cartels. this is the "early show" on cbs. 8

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washington this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. this is an extraordinary development. the murder is that of the brother of a high-ranking mexican state official, tortured and killed by drug cartel narcoterrorists. mario gonzalez-rodriguez was kidnapped in october. he's shown here handcuffed and surrounded by hooded captors in mexico last fall, making a forced statement on video. rodriguez was the brother of attorney general for the mexican state of chihuahua and his body was found a month later. cbs news has confirmed that two ak-47 variant assault rifles were among weapons found at the shoot-out with suspects, rifles from atf's controversial "fast and furious" operation. that's the case in which agents say they let thousands of guns be sold to suspected traffickers from mexican drug cartels. cbs news has learned that the day before last week's congressional hearing, u.s. officials privately informed mexico's attorney general about the link to the killing. two assault rifles were also

found at the murder scene of border patrol agent brian terry last december, and others at the staye of mexican cartel members who shot at a helicopter in recent weeks, all weapons sold on the atf's watch in a plan to let them walk on the streets and lead them to the big fish in the cartel. the lead atf agent in the case was hope mcallister. in the hearing, agents said she ignored their concerns. >> the group appeared to attend the funeral of a slain agent or officer after he or she was killed with one of those purchased firearms. neither one answered or even seemed concerned by the question posed to them. >> reporter: yesterday, atf awarded that very agent being criticized, macalster, the atf life-saving award. no one from atf would tell us exactly what that award is for. later today, a bipartisan team

from congress will fly to mexico as the next phase of the operation flies south of the border. >> meanwhile, a former whistle-blower in atf got his termination papers just yesterday? >> reporter: i would even say he's a current whistle-blower. he is a longtime agent who started a website called cleanupatf. that group is largely responsible for composing this case and they released him for what they call lack of candor in an unrelated case. >> sounds ironic. sharyl atkinson, thank you very much, from washington. up next, what happens when you take a dinosaur's temperature. a new study that might change everything we believe about dinosaurs. you're watching the "early show" here, or a lot of it, at least. you're watching the "early show" on cbs. ♪ [ female announcer ] now, just pop, click, switch your lids whenever you like! choose from over 20+ colors and designs. the new dell inspiron r series laptops with switchable lids, powered by the 2nd generation intel® core™ processor family:

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cbs news correspondent bill whitaker reports. >> reporter: dinosaurs have fascinated us since the first fossil was identified almost 200 years ago. >> when i was a child, i was very in to dinosaurs. >> reporter: robert eagle turned his fascination into a lifelong passion. now a cal tech scientist, he was part of the team that made this awesome discovery. >> we know that they weren't cold like modern crocodiles and alligators. they did have warm body temperatures. >> reporter: around 100 degrees, like modern mammals. warm bodies mean they probably were agile and quick, which means even spielberg got it just about right. >> it's 160 million years old. >> reporter: the proof was found in shavings from ancient dinosaurs, isotopes, hydrogen and oxygen clumped together in cold environments, but not as

much when it's warm. in the dinosaur teeth they studied, the cal tech team found little clumping of isotopes, scientific proof that teeth developed inside warm bodies. so, this was like a high-tech thermometer? >> exactly. we know that the bodies were warm, but we don't know why they were warm. >> reporter: was it because of warm blood coursing through their veins like mammals or because their huge bodies retained the heat from the sweltering prehistoric environment? this dinosaur lover has more research to do. bill whitaker, cbs news, pasadena. >> that's cool stuff, right? >> it's very cool, and it's amazing what technology, looking backwards in time, what the technologies of today can tell us about that. >> and how much more we'll find out, probably, in the few years to come here. >> as we move forward. maybe it will even create some jobs. >> there you go. >> we'll be right back. this is the "early show" on cbs. vo: meet erika. she hasn't shopped for a new pc because...

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also, a dent on harford road. that's involving a motorcycle. one more in the city at cliff street and east 26th street. watch for a festival closure downtown on west franklin street. also, there's a delay on 95 southbound approaching the topside of the beltway. 46 miles per hour is the average. if you take a look at the topside, it doesn't look like major slowdowns there. this is brought to you by miller brother's cadillac. back to you, gigi. thank you, sharon. there ash cheating scandal -- thank you, sharon, a cheating scandal shake up the baltimore city schools. >> reporter: when the state test results are released next week they're saying they'll be clean.

the state's ceo says that several cheated on tests in the past two years. the district spent $400,000 to put the testing monitors in every school, exposing the problem state superintendent, nancy grasmic says they'll review every air of cheating. >> a developer says that this place can only come with a multimillion dollar rent break. the cordish company can only wave $3 million in rent. they'll make $9 million in improvements to the power plant instead. stay with us, up next, will woody allen's film put him on woody allen's film put him on top? ,,,,

you're looking at mob boss whitey bulger. on thursday, a judge ordered him to return to massachusetts to face murder and racketeering charges. officials say he might be in court in boston as early as this afternoon. that is after 16 years on the run. welcome back to the "early show," everyone. i'm rebecca jarvis with jeff glor. chris wragge and erica hill are off this morning. >> this bulger story you could talk about for days. >> yeah, and it's been going on for so many years. >> detail after detail. they finally caught him. joining us this morning is actually a former mobster who knows firsthand just how dangerous whitey bulger is.

his name is john redd-shay. he was part of the winter hill gang. he spent 12 years in prison on drug racketeering charges. he wrote about this in a memoir called "rat bastards: the life and times of south boston's most honorable irish mobster". shea is also the author of a novel "the kids from southie." john shea, good morning you. >> good morning. >> so, john, are you surprised whitey was caught? >> i am very surprised, to be honest with you. >> why? >> well, i thought the only way that he'd come back would be of natural death. >> john, we talked about this a little bit yesterday, and i think a lot of people, despite all of the despicable crimes that he's charged with, i think a lot of people are still fascinated by the fact that whitey seemed to inspire this loyalty, from you for a time, from many others, certainly from his girlfriend, catherine greig, for all those years, who stood

by him. why is that? >> he had a unique character about himself, and you know, he was very manipulative, and -- >> what sort of things did he say to you? how did he manipulate you in those ways? >> he manipulated me in ways such as, you know, one minute -- it was kind of almost like law enforcement, when they play good guy-bad guy, when they're trying to interrogate a suspect. so, you have one guy on one side being a good guy to you, then the other guy is the bad guy. so, now, you want to, most times, you want to lean to the good side. he was both ways himself. he acted in that manner. >> he built you up and then took you back down. >> he'd build you up and then took you back down, correct. >> john, as you know, he's charged with 19 murders, extortion, money laundering, a long list, but you say he's guilty of a lot more than he's even charged with, right? >> well, yeah.

he had a reign long before i was even born, and you know, his reputation has, you know, it goes back a long way. and you know, he's done a lot of serious, serious things. with this 19 bodies that he has here is just, i'd say, icing on the cake. >> john, you felt like towards the end of his reign, obviously, bulger ratted on you, and you say you never ratted on them. >> that's correct. >> and it's your belief that, you know, bulger, he's a mobster, clearly, but i think some people portray him as this sort of principled, stand-up guy. >> absolutely not. the guy is an evil man. he's done tons and tons of evil, not only to innocent victims, but he also has never honored the code that he preached all those years to myself and to

others involved, and he was a fraud in that sense. he lied, completely lied through his whole entire reign of being in the mob. you know, you -- >> john, i can only imagine what you'd say to him when he makes his way back to boston, but my sense is that you probably won't get a chance to see him, and he's going straight to lock-up. john shea joining us from boston this morning. john, thank you very much for your time. >> thank you so much, and good morning to you. >> good morning to you as well. thanks, john. as we said, we can talk about this stuff forever. >> they've made movies about this stuff. >> they have made movies about this stuff, but some of, kind of the perceptions, the idea of who he may have been i think are a little different than what some people might think, and putting him up here as a hero, not a hero, but somebody who's fascinating and interesting, he may be that, but -- >> you don't want to overshine

what he did. >> a lot of nasty things and he ruined a lot of families. >> he absolutely did. well, we want to turn to betty nguyen at the news desk with another look at this morning's headlines. good morning, betty. >> yes, fascinating. good morning to you. there is new evidence about a possible link between osama bin laden and the pakistani government. a cell phone recovered in last month's raid on bin laden's compound had contacts to a militant group. the militant group is also a longtime asset of pakistan's intelligence service. "the new york times" reports that bin laden used the militant group as part of his support network. two american-born muslims are facing charges in an alleged terror plot. abu challengeied abdul-latif and walli mujahidh are said to have been inspired by the shootings at ft. hood, texas. >> they chose somewhere where they knew the military would be, but as made clear in the complaint, others are always put

at risk as well, and the seriousness and the weapons that they intended to use, both machine guns and hand grenades, showed the seriousness of this deadly potential attack. >> the suspects could face life in prison, if convicted. for residents of minot, mond north dakota, there is not much else to do but wait and hope for the best. what's expected to be a devastating flood surge is likely to peak this weekend. jamie yuccas of our sister station wcco, is in minot, with more. good morning, jamie. >> reporter: good morning. we're getting a first look at those breached dikes this morning. if you look over my left shoulder, you can see those dikes literally eroding away before our eyes. you can see the raging river on the upper part of your screen. on the lower part of your screen is where it is flooding neighborhoods. so far this morning, we've seen things like coolers, playground equipment, things out of people's garages that are coming down river. let's go ahead and show you some video from those neighborhoods where those pieces of equipment are likely coming from, people's

belongings ending up in the river now this morning. there's new crest predictions out today. it's now going to crest saturday into sunday. that's revised from tuesday. the river now just two feet away from its record height back in 1881. it will likely crest six feet higher than the old record and ten feet higher than it is right now. now, the governor's office says sandbags are now being moved from bismarck, where they had flooding to hear in minot. the national guard also stepping up efforts here, making sure people are out of the neighborhoods and not going back in. they're also making sure that pedestrians are off the bridge that i'm standing on right now. they don't want any people on the bridge or any vehicles besides emergency equipment and that construction equipment. the reason they're doing that, the construction equipment is bringing dirt to and from where they're building up those second levees, and also those dikes. that's where they're trying to protect and get an extra layer around so that there's less flooding into some of these homes and neighborhoods and streets. >> all right. we'll be watching it closely.

wcco's jamie yuccas in minot. let's get a check of the weather now. good morning, marysol. >> good morning. to pick up where jamie left off, more rain is expected in the northern plains over the weekend, as much as three inches in some places. minot is built in a valley, which is why the flooding has been so horrible. so again, as we go into the weekend, temperatures will be seasonal, but it will be very windy as well, and we're going to follow this story very closely, over really the next month. you can expect a fine weekend in oregon and northern california. temperatures beautiful. perfect time to plant perennials or annuals in vivid or patterned containers, creating a rainbow of color that will last

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completed seminary and medical school. he moved to memphis because he heard it was poor. where better, he figured, to build a place of hope and healing? >> the christian call to discipleship is to do three things -- to preach, to teach and to heal. you know, we got the preach and the teach down. we don't get to take a pass on the healing part. >> reporter: the church health center plan is to care for folks who fall through the cracks, people who earn too much to qualify for medicaidt/ or medice but who can't afford insurance. folks like landscape artist nancy evans, who helped build the center's garden and then found herself in need of life-saving surgery. >> the doctor told me the first time i met her, she said you are my patient from the church health center. you owe me nothing but a thank-you. >> reporter: with just $14 million raised annually through mostly small donations, the center is able to provide care to a staggering 55,000 patients. the key is doctors' willingness to volunteer time and talent.

>> i would argue, the best doctors in memphis work for me. theyp zçó work here because thee chosen to do something that provides meaning in their life. >> all ready to get started with green beans today? >> reporter: over the years, this medical ministry has expanded well past the doctor-patient stage. now there is a massive wellness center, offering everything from cooking classes to cardio training. diabetic rosie morrell weighed 430 pounds when she first came here. >> i was the one person that was going to be okay, and when i got here, i had a whole center of people that was eager to try and help me. >> reporter: now more than 230 pounds lighter, she's a believer. ñi enjoying something i never have enjoyed before, and that's my life. i'm enjoying rosie now. i've never enjoyed rosie before. >> is it naive to think that it can work on such a large scale when we have so many uninsured in this country today?

>> the church health center is not a solution for the monumental health care problems in america. we're not. you know, we don't even claim to be. we're a solution for how the faith community should be involved in health care. if there were other church health centers in every city out there doing the same thing, we wouldn't necessarily solve the problem of the uninsured, but we would make a pretty big impact. >> reporter: like they already of so many here. cynthia bowers, cbs news, memphis, tennessee. >> and dr. morris says despite the success in memphis, there won't be any church health franchises. he says every community has to find what works for itself and when it comes to helping people who need it the very most. all right, coming up next, when you say woody allen, you probably think of new york city, not paris, but we'll tell you why his new film set in that french capital could be his biggest hit ever. this is the "early show" on cbs.

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woody allen started making movies in the 1960s. his films have picked up 20 academy award nominations and 3 oscars. but in recent years, he hasn't sold that many tickets or satisfied all of his fans. but today, all of a sudden, woody allen has his biggest hit in 25 years, a movie called "midnight in paris." ♪ >> because this is unbelievable! there's no city like this in the world. >> it's sunny, it's warm. it's about paris when it's most beautiful. it's something that people are just drawn to because they want to be entertained. >> i always say that i was born too late./çñ >> it is very much a woody allen movie, from you know, the main character played by owen wilson, who's sort of the chronic complainer in the woody allen

mode. >> your father defends the right wing of the republican party, and i happen to think you almost got to be like a demented lunatic. >> owen wilson, this is woody allen's own admission, owen wilson was a departure from woody allen in casting. he was a surfer guy with blond hair and woody was wondering how he would fit as the lead in the movie, but he does a great job because he can be slightly neurotic without making people uncomfortable. >> you know how i think better in the shower and i÷oç get the positive ions going in there. >> bringing a lot of people back into the fold who have been fans of woody allen who are consoling themselves watching the dvd of "hannah and her sisters" or "crimes and misdemeanors" over and over again, waiting for the fun, satisfying woody allen picture to come out. >> reporter: in four decades of film making, allen has made more than 40 films, covering a broad spectrum from slapstick comedies like "sleeper" and "love and death." >> i've got a perfect feel for clothes.

i'm a 28 dwarf. >> reporter: to a film many call the modern standard for romantic comedy, "annie hall." >> i don't -- oh, x know. i wasn't -- >> i probably watched "annie hall" once a year. it never gets old. or "purple rose of cairo," you look at these 40 movies, there's a pretty good proportion of them that people are still going to be watching, you know, 20, 30, 40, 50 years from now. >> reporter: but not all are classics. allen has also had his fair share of critical and commercial failures. >> "whatever works," "you, me, a tall, dark stranger." the ones that bother me the most are the ones from the past decade where it's just likes phoning in the same old stuff over and over again. >> reporter: in the last decade, he's received praise for "matchpoint" and "vicky cristina barcelona."

yet, like most movies, they failed to create big box numbers. "hannah and her sisters," his highest grossing film, made just $40 million. now "midnight in paris" is striking a chord with audiences, on track to become his most successful movie ever. >> "midnight in paris" is coming out during the summer movie season, which is filled, especially this year, with superheroes and huge special effects, and it's really smart counterp3ramming. >> you're interesting, too, in a lost way. >> lost? >> every element in it just works together in this lovely, almost effortless way that i guess woody's figured out how to do it. >> and he keeps churning them out year after year. woody allen's already filming his next movie in rome this summer. the stars are penelope cruz, alec baldwin, and woody allen himself. >> if you're in one of his movies, you always get to travel to a great location to shoot.

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there's plenty of space in between the cars this morning. blue diamond almonds, it's more than a snack. cheating is discovered at two city schools school leaders are making sure it doesn't happen again. andrea fujii has more. >> reporter: the school's ceo vows that when the state test results are released next week, they'll be clean.

the district spent $400,000 to put testing monitors in every school. investigators saw evidence of someone changing the student's wrong answers to the right ones. the state superintendent says that begins next year, they'll review every booklet for evidence of cheating. >> a public viewing is set today for a baltimore city firefighter recruit. the viewing will be at whilely funeral home in randallstown. his funeral is tomorrow. starting next week, you may see planes flying low under maryland roadways. it's part of a plan to help nasa over major roads like the beltway and the i-95 corridor and the chesapeake bay bridge.

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we've been talking about dinosaurs this morning, things of the past? >> yeah. >> well, there's some other -- >> woody allen films? >> yeah. okay, well, we've also been talking about questions, things you no longer do. when was the last time that you dropped off a roll of film to be developed? >> i have no idea. i have no idea.

i have a friend who refuses to move on off film, though. >> really? >> also doesn't have a microwave, no cell phone, either. can you believe it? >> my family grew up without a microwave, but they have cell phones now. anyway, it's probably been a long time since you've dropped off film because digital cameras now make up 90% of the cameras out there. coming up, we'll show you how photography is changing and threatening to make film negatives and darkrooms a thing of the past. by the way, welcome back to the "early show." i am rebecca jarvis with jeff glor, in for erica hill and chris wragge, who are both off today. >> enjoying a friday off. also ahead, it may sound sack religious, but hollywood is releasing a remake of rebecca jarvis' favorite movie of all time, "footloose." >> i learned all my dance moves from that movie. >> with kevin bacon. the trailer's out, but fans are not happy with this new version. we'll look at hollywood's remaking of classic films. oftentimes is works, but oftentimes, it doesn't. >> yeah. >> we'll have more on that coming up here.

but first at 8:30, the latest state battle over same-sex marriage is going on right here in new york state. and cbs news correspondent michelle miller reports, president obama stepped into that debate at a high-profile new york city fund-raiser just last night. >> i believe that gay couples deserve the same legal rights as every other couple in this country. >> reporter: most of president obama's words were met with applause from this packed room of 600 gay and lesbian campaign donors, but amid the speech, members of the audience -- >> i heard you guys. >> reporter: -- protested what obama didn't offer, an endorsement of same-sex marriage. >> traditionally, marriage has been decided by the states. and right now, i understand there's a little debate going on here in new york. >> reporter: obama's speech coincidentally came at the same time state lawmakers in albany are debating the same-sex marriage bill. if it passes, new york will be

the sixth and largest state in the nation to legalize gay marriage. the president openly supports civil unions for gay couples, not gay marriage, a position the white house describes as evolving. some of his fund-raisers say it's not evolving fast enough. >> i wish he would just be a lot more convincing and supportive. >> he doesn't want to alienate some moderates who are not really comfortable with the president taking that strong a stand on gay marriage. so, it's a bit of a political calculation. also, i'm just not sure he personally believes it. he's never indicated that he has. >> what do we want? >> equality! >> reporter: gay rights activists say for a president-elected a platform of inclusion, denying any group of equal rights should be more uncomfortable. >> for him to come here at this historic moment and not mention anything about the battle that we're going through or not come out finally supporting marriage equality to me is unacceptable. >> reporter: but with an election looming, it's highly unlikely that obama's position on same-sex marriage will change

any time soon. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> and joining us now this morning is jacob bernstein, who covers the debate for "the daily beast." i want to talk first quickly about new york and why new york state may be significant here. interesting or not that same-sex marriage was first passed in massachusetts, we should mention, in may of '04? >> right. >> it's now 2011. given how liberal new york is, is that surprising? >> well, i would say that, yes and no, but i would say that, perhaps new york is not as liberal as we like to think, you know? i mean, let's remember, we currently have a republican controlled senate in the state. the city has gotten less liberal over the last 20 years. we have not had a democratic mayor in new york in over 20 years. now, we've had republican mayors who support gay rights, but upstate, it's a very different thing than it is in new york

city, and even in places like the bronx and staten island. there is real opposition to this. so, it's certainly disappointing to gay rights activists that it's taken this long, but there is an explanation for it, i think. >> let's talk more about the president. michelle indicated his position may not evolve much more before the election. that's the word the president has used, his position is evolving. >> right, evolving. >> what do we expect before next november? >> well, perhaps not much. i mean, this is still a president who has done more for gay rights than, you know, much more than the one before him. you know, he struck down the defense of marriage act, he's repealed don't ask, don't tell, he signed major hate crimes, antihate crimes legislation. so you know, he has done a large amount and he supports everything but calling it marriage. you know, he says that gay couples should have the same -- >> they should have all the same legal rights. >> right. >> just, it's civil unions. >> right. >> instead of marriage.

the fund-raiser last night, $35,000 a head. this is clearly, financially, a y >> yes, it is. it's clearly an important group, and he does need their enthusiasm, you know? i mean, there is on one hand this argument, well, the gays have nowhere to go, and that's probably true. i don't think you'd find any real argument that, you know, that gay people would be better off with mitt romney, but he does need enthusiasm going into 2012. he does not have the same financial advantage that he had in 2008. you know, you still have a nasty recession and a nasty job market, and no president has won re-election with unemployment being as high as it is since fdr. i think there are various reasons whyfs obama can win aga, but it's, you know, he needs enthusiasm, both from his base and the center. >> he needs enthusiasm and he needs the money if he thinks he's going to win. jacob bernstein from "the daily beast" and "newsweek."

thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you. one more check of news now. betty nguyen is at the news desk. good morning to you. >> thank you, jeff, and good morning, everyone. the european union this morning promised more money to help greece avoid bankruptcy, but the ministers meeting in brussels today said the greek government must institute new austerity measures by next week. greece's opposition party opposes the cut and tax hike. if greece does not get the new funds, the government will runñ out of money within days. this morning, worldwide oil prices may keep dropping now that the u.s. is using some of its emergency reserves. 30 million barrels of oil is being released from the strategic petroleum reserve into the market. the move could bring down gas prices 15 cents or more over the next month. exxonmobil's stock was down more than 3% yesterday as oil companies' shares fell after the announcement. well, there are evacuations in the southwest, in oklahoma, ahead of a wildfire. the large grass fire destroyed at least four homes and burned more than 5,000 acres, but there

are no reports of injuries. scott pelly has a preview o/ "cbs evening news." >> good morning. if you think manufacturing is dead in this country, we'll show you how one company is making progress creating jobs in the middle of the rustbelt. that story's tonight on the "nbc evening ne "cbs evening news."" >> now back to marysol for a check of the weather. >> as we send you off for the weekend, here's what you can expect for today. looks like a lot of the west coast is going to be absolutely beautiful. for interior regions, you're going to see a few clouds, at least for today. a new storm system pulls into the pacific northwest, bringing rain to that region. we have two areas of severe weather, in the central plains and along the ,ñmid-atlantic. that storm system starts to push out tomorrow. this one in the middle, however, is crawling across the lower 48, slowly making its way across the country. four corners region continues to be dry and warm today, tomorrow

and sunday. again, this severe system is just crawling at a snail's pace, dumping a lot of rain. we're looking at wind, hail, and of course, the possibility of a thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now over to jeff. >> marysol, thank you very much. this morning, the census bureau is reporting an historic change in the u.s. population. for the first time, minorities make up a majority of the youngest americans. as cbs news correspondent john blackstone reports.

>> reporter: across the country these days, a playground could be a study in diversity. newly show that among children under the age of 2, minorities now outnumber whites. the generation that 4-month-old anu soriano-bilal is growing up in is creating an america that looks a lot more like her. >> she is african-american, philippina, scandinavian and welsh. >> reporter: so, in other words, she's american. >> yes, absolutely. >> reporter: it's a nation that jen believes will be more interesting for her 19-month-old son, cooper. >> the diversity and different cultures, it makes it a rich experience. >> reporter: as these children under the age of 2 grow up, racial and ethnic minorities will become the majoritykz in t united states. >> we have to wrap our heads around the fact that not every family is going to be coming from the same cultural space, the same background, the same history. >> reporter: 12 states and the district of columbia already

have more minority citizens under the age of 5 than whites, double the number of states a decade ago. analysts expect seven more states to reflect that changing demographic in the next decade. while there is plenty of diversity in america's playgrounds, there's not so much in retirement communities. 80% of americans over the age of 65 are white. >> we're not living in the world of x@"ozzie and harriet," and going forward, less so. >> you certainly don't act like brothers. >> reporter: back in the days of black and white, america could be seen as mostly white. no more. >> no longer the minority. we're going to have to come up with some new terminology. >> reporter: the modern family of the 2050s will look a lot different than the nuclear family of the 1950s. john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. >> 41 minutes past the hour now. here is rebecca. jeff, thank you. digital cameras arrived just 20 years ago, and today they're everywhere, from our phones to

our computers, even in our cars, and that means cameras that use actual film are quickly becoming obsolete. cbs news correspondent seth stone is here with a snapshot of the predigital age. good to have you with us. >> good to be here. good morning, rebecca. an entire generation has grown up never having had its picture taken by a film camera. it harkens back to a time when people were careful with every click and when photographers were considered master craftsmen. ansel adams was just 14 years old when he used a kodak browning to take his first picture back in 1916 in yosemite park. >> this is one of ansel's famous prints. >> reporter: adams bought his film here at the family-owned adolph gasser's in san francisco. >> thecú greats took a lot of te to learn how to do it right. >> reporter: amateur photographers have been pointing and shooting since 1888, and film cameras have given us some of the most enduring images of the 20th century. >> always use dependable kodak

film, the film in the familiar >> reporter: but analysts speculate that this analog or film-based photography, will largely disappear from the u.s. market within the next decade. >> most of the digital cameras now is 90% of the market, 10% is film, and the 10% that's film is used cameras. >> reporter: ten years ago, americans took 26 billion photographs with film cameras. they'll take just 1.4 billion this year. compare that to the number of digital images that will be captured this year, 80 billion. >> we estimate that this year there's around 36 million digital cameras being sold, and on top of that, you have about 200 million camera phones and smartphones that have a digital camera. >> i hate to say this, but everyone is a photographer nowadays. they keep taking, shooting and shooting and shooting, and chances are, yes, there is going to be a good photograph there, but they're not really thinking. >> reporter: bobbie baker

burrough sure knows a great photograph when she sees one. she's been in the photo department at "life" for the past 45 y(years. >> when i see this, he didn't realize how significant it was at the time. he thought black against white, that will make a good picture. and then he forgot about it. i know photographers who actually went back through their negatives and found some very significant moments that had been tossed. and if they had had a digital camera at the time, it would have been gone forever. >> reporter: it would have been deleted. >> absolutely. >> reporter: and it's not just the photographs or film that's being eliminated. what's this? >> this is a color enlarger. >> reporter: is there a point where we won't really see >> they will become more and more rare. >> reporter: museums, maybe some universities? >> museums, universities. >> reporter: parsons design school in new york city is downsizing its darkrooms to accommodate for more digital

technologies. do you run up against purists here in photography school who say absolutely not? >> of course, but -- >> reporter: what do you say? >> that the language is always evolving and this is just another step in its evolution. >> reporter: by a show of hand, who thinks film is a thing of the past? none of you. >> no. >> reporter: just like the die-hards who prefer their parents' vinyl records to mp3 downloads, this next generationl hand over their beloved conquerors just yet. >> this is my polaroid 330 automatic land camera. a lot of times, this is the only camera i bring on vacation. >> reporter: do they think you're, like, vacationing back in the '70s? >> yeah. it turns a lot of heads. >> mine's also a medium format camera. >> this is a nikon f-3. this has been my favorite camera for as long as i've been shooting, which is a long time. >> reporter: what's satisfying about you hearing that click advancing the film?

>> stopping time. >> reporter: stopping time is one thing, but stopping technology? >> well, i think there willu:táa day when somebody opens a drawer and looks in it and says, what is this? do you know what this is? and somebody else will pull it out and put their fingers on it and say, i don't know. i think they called them negatives. >> now, film issue cameras have seen their sales tumble from 20 million to 280,000 in the last few years. students tell us they really love the distinctive sounds that the old film issue cameras made. of course, the digital medium has borrowed some of those to make that picture-taking experience seem more authentic. think of that sound on your and look what we found, an old polaroid xs-70, one of the first instant gratification cameras that produced a photograph without professional film developing. we found this last night while

editing, actually. >> you did? >> but remember that waiting for your film to be developed and wondering what was on the roll? >> even with the polaroid, having to shake it and wondering when the photo would show up. now there is the instant gratification. it's changed us psychologically as well. >> and imagine looking at this and thinking wow, what technological advancement in development. >> or wondering, you know, does it just go in the garbage can? >> oney!z of the things also is that we're getting much more used to saturated and vibrant colors because of the photo-shop. so the pictures we're seeing are changing. >> thank you for being with us. and coming up next, some "footloose" fans say the upcoming remake has all the wrong moves. we're going to look at hollywood ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,n't work and a

this summer, hollywood once again is hoping to lure fans with old movies in new packages, remakes of blockbusters from the past are coming to a theater

near you. but as cbs news correspondent bill whitaker reports, fans say at least one of them is way more than six degrees from kevin bacon's classic original. >> reporter: it's based on one of the most iconic dance movies of the 1980s. so, why is this film getting scathing reviews before it even hits the theaters? maybe because it isn't really new, rather, a remake of the 1984 hit "footloose." ♪ footloose >> reporter: an early trailer has been given the thumbs down online with comments like "looks like garbage!" "omg, this is how you ruin good things." "boo! there is only one footloose!" >> the negativity that people are showing toward the trailer for "footloose" doesn't surprise me because that was a beloved movie. it defined a generation of movie-goers. >> reporter: ticket sales are down this year, and hollywood is

banking on brand names to turn things around. that means another stab at "conan the barbarian." "superman" is relaunching a new version of the 1978 blockbuster. even the beatles "yellow submarine" is getting a reboot. but what sounds like a surefire hit can be a costly misfire. an encore of "psycho" turned off critics and moviegoers, now all but forgotten by fans of the classic predecessor. building a better monster could not save the remake of "godzilla" from a barrage of attacks. >> a little bit too much like, hey, look at us, we're playing with all these high-tech tools, and it didn't tell a good story. >> reporter: comedian russell brand's "arthur" was far from the unrepenting alcoholic of the first film, but audiences weren't amused. >> he was going to aa, he was trying to be better. he wasn't always sloshed. but guess what? it wasn't as funny because of it. >> it's hard trying to redo great movies.

i think they should just leave them alone. >> maybe they're running out of ideas, but i still think there's a lot of creative people out there. they just have to dig down deep and get it. >> reporter: but hollywood has hit pay dirt by dusting off fan favorites. the john wayne classic "true grit" -- >> texas brush popper! >> you texas brush popper. >> reporter: -- back in the saddle with jeff bridges earned ten oscar nominations. "charlie and the chocolate factory" topped the box office with johnny depp in the role. the king is calm. there have been three "king kong" films, the last one a blockbuster 72 years after the first. >> we have a story it worked before, and gosh darn it, it can work again. >> reporter: critical acclaim and box office cash. no wonder hollywood keeps going back for more. bill whitaker, cbs news, hollywood. >> i mean, i guess the question is, if the first movie was good -- >> yes. >> -- and really was iconic, why

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a beautiful sunday and monday. tuesday and wednesday, we'll have a ton of sun and temperatures in the low 90s. city school leaders have new teak meeks -- techniques after two schools are caught cheating. >> reporter: gigi, the school's ceo says that when the state test results are revealed next week, they'll be clean. three schools were caught cheating district spent $400,000 to put testing monitors in every school. someone changed the wrong answers to the right ones. the state superintendent says that beginning next year, the state will review every test booklet for evidence of cheating. the city's police officer who plunged off of the jones falls expressway is doing a bit

better this morning. it's reported that the 27-year- old officer's condition is upgraded from critical to serious. she has two surgeries. in over an hour, the new loulou lemon store will be open to the public. an employee was killed inside. her coworker was charged by the police. that shall they'll embrace the theme of love for murry. it's the plan to renovate power plant live. it could only come with a rent break. the cordish company ants them to wave off $3 million in rent. this makes it more attractive to tenants and visitors. the workers at the national

aquarium are preparing to release several sea turtles back into the wild. the turtles came from new england. they washed ashore in cold weather. they'll be released this sunday. sunday. stay